The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-03-22
THE FLOODS.
Terrible Scenes Near Bis
marck and Mandan.
THE INUNDATION COMPLETE.
.opIy five Miles Away, Yet Less
Accessible to Communication
Than London or Paris.
The Missouri River Floods.


souri River has risen a foot here to
dsy. The speed of the current is ter
rife and the situation generally grow
worse. This rise is equal to twenty
feet in the upper river, the water here
ba;np spread over six miles of country.
sir inches of snow fell here yesterday
md this will add to the flood as soon as
tho weather grows warmer again. The
beroes of the day are members of the
rescuing party who went into the low
lands. Yesterday, and saved the lives of
seven persons who were perched on the
TONS of houses and trees. Dispatches
rom Fort Lincoln say people can be
geen standing on bay-stacks and trees,
ard if not soon rescued they will perish
IN the foods. Many claim that the
country opposite the fort contained
many inhabitants, who are still IN great
danger. The same reports come from
painted Woods. The report is denied
that Superintendent Graham, of the
Northern Pacific, has been drowned. He
felegraphed that be would come to Bis
marck on Friday evening, but failed
Tie Sibley Island gorge remains firm
and if the present state continues week
q permanent channel will be cut across
the country two miles east of the old bed
of the Missouri. Huge cakes of ice are
coming down the river and landing on
the meadow land of settlers. 1t is i'm
possible now to repair the Northern
Pacific trestle on account of flowing ice.
The terrific rapidity of the
rise Of the river at Painted Woods is
indicated by the experience of two
families who saw the flood in the dis
lance and attempted to pack off house
hold goods preparatory to moving back
from the stream to the buttes. The
houses feated on the highest point Of
the lowlands. Before the families were
ready to start the water was within six
feet of their houses. There were FIVE
children in the party and before the
butte. could be reached the floods over
TOOK them and the last part of the
journey vas made through three feet OF
water One of the children narrowly
escaped drowning. Another train load
of eastern passengers which arrived
here 10 day will De compelled to remain
here until it is possible to cross the Mis-
sourL 1t is believed the Northern
Pacific Company will be able to
establish transfer line of boats to :
morrow.
ST. PAUL, March 2O.-A Bismarck
special to the Pioneer Press: The storm
cleared away this morning, but the
river has risen slowly all day and is
still rising tonight, an inch an hour
having passed the high water mark of
the memorable food of 1881. All low
lands are now inundated. The only
houses Hooded on the Bismarck side
are. a few squatters' shocks. Bismarck
IS forty feet above the water. Some
2GO emIgrantS, west bound. are DELAYED
here. From the bluffs one can see
huge cakes of ice in the streets of
handan, and the water extends to near
the Inter-Ocean Hotel. The only
method OF communication between
Ihe towns IS via Cheyenne and Ogden.
Ine boston syndicate property, in
elualng t0uring mill and some fifty
residences. elevator, shops and eYery-
HnAhg south OF the track is submerged.
upper Heart River has not yet broken
uuose ice began running again this
III tOLhi1g: The Indications are that the
foIt ,' DII0td rise is beginning to be
~ NJ. AIi pos's are still safe, as is the
bo G.tn7fh faclhc warehouse, the river
ueIus SO wide that the ice no longer
Oa9Hus them. Superintendent OdeIl re-
S; sreS eelegrams from the western divi-
f S-on VI the road, via St. Paul. that
F.o arls IRE running through to Mandan
I'm I'm f0rtland, no other being ont.
az Ur1 VI tne boats here will steam up as
sOO5 % the ice stops running. and be
Wr as a passenger transfer.
p. mnnNEAPoLIs, March 20. Judge
- aaucs, OF Dakota, who left Bismarck
VI saturday and returned here This
morning, says the scenes in the f,oodod
district DEFY description. lee coSoS q
uunureu feet square are thrown biob in
T me- ar when they strike an ohsfscia
ane huge force of the current snannoJ
we cables holding the Warehnnses ~
H Le oanK as though they were cotton
nIesuS. a warehouse over en- faat
ing was moved some distance Ga
s Guueg hlgh and dry. If the Nissonri
5SnouIu now freeze up and YeIIoWstona
yaeak away and pour its ice aoainst a.
.Seln the Missouri, the resnIt Of No so
70 SI would be terrible. It seem straano
~ whaVe that place in full view onIT 6Se
cOmmn %%ay aAd yet less accessible to
The Jas.'. 'A"u LONDON or Paris
gr rs destruction of property will he
Lave hoS several tons of western mail
20 ho zen zen Drought back from Bismarck
81 U4uu Via the Union Pacific.
Psc;soc A0Ls March 21.-From Northern
learnsd 81 ILncials, this morning. it is
ice 1901 tnat all effortseto dislodse the
s ltle H. aooVe Mandan have been
lEeenirdn me lie water is increasing and
iay v'P lingo over a larger area than Sester.
mere Iusn now much damage is done
esn6io matter Of conjecture Tale.
tc6t off communication ooLun from Mandan
get on ICON completely, so it is Impossible
ac2iS So , news direct. The Nprf5 S
ArteS '''uge IS not endangered, as re-
Ssp s Ta5L, March 20 The Pioneer Pres,
lO@ 'BBG;adent at Mandan. teIeersn rISs
+ atom ~ l5 that the reported inpns
es,+ y, y. Msndan is utterly false M
s,o6 nsI o en I3d the streets from the
Apsiss o. OF Heart Rivers. but anI;e env
,tae n Sunons the people OF Mandan
,sf goor inhabitants living on Hsts
VA DS5M;larck. Business is eo;u Oa na Is
y trs. ne only damage has bee an d ao
SS tTo p mGfk OF bridge and the
@y III miles east of Mandan a
N& To- t. H cross the submerged lowIands